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Even how good a soldier you are, there will be time that you will be captured and the need to escape from your captors. The first rule when you are taken as POWs(Prisoners-of-war) is that escape when you are fittest or at the moment you are captured because if you don't your captors will torment you physically, emotionally and mentally. So you must master the SEE or Survival, Escape & Evation techniques and SOPs so that you can escape safely.
I won't discuss it here, if you want to know the SEE techniques, join the UP ROTC because we learn it and also apply it. Yes, we apply it. We have practical exercises through simulations. SO what you are waiting for join the UP ROTC now.
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07.00h 17 May 2008
We started our double training day. There is an emminent rain coming. Capt Hermitanyo comes and told us to change into PT(Physical Training) Uniforms. After that we have some exercises and then jog the 2.2km acad oval. As we jog rain somehow started to pour so we hastened the exercise and returned immediately to the Vanguard Bldg. After that we have some pushups, situps and pull-ups. I can't believe that I did 50 pushupsm, almost non-stop, and also did one pullup. Then we rest for a bit.
10.00h 17 May 2008
Vanguard Cunanan gives us a Ropemanship review then thought as about the Disaster Response, Relief and Rescue mainly focusing on Rappeling. Then we have some Rappeling exercise; we just need to get down from a 20ft rappeling tower. At first it can be scary but if have tried it you'll be addicted to it.
13.00h 17 May 2008
We have a break.
13.30 17 May 2008
We proceed to the Firing Range. There awaits our marksmanship practicals with Maj Ramos but it was somehow postponed because of the limited time. But still, I got a shot and I hit the styro target. Then we have some Infantry lectures: organiztion of infantry, their formations and operations.
17.00 17 May 2008
We have some CTIS(Combat Training for Individual Soldier). We review first the CTIS movements like the Drop, rush, stalking, and the crawls. Then after that we have some exercises. We drop rush and do the stalking movements on the DMST(Dept of Mil Sci and Tactics) Quadrangle. Then on the muddy Quad we also do the crawls (Baby, low, high, back, snake, crab walk). Gladly, we are on our TFUs so we are protected from the mud and grass cuts.
19.00 17 May 2008
We have a break. And we Practice
19.30 17 May 2008
We Start The Boodle Fight. Century Tunas Flakes in oil and only a rice is what we had for the dinner but the boodle fight is very fun well some says it was yuck but well its fun for me.
20.00h 17 May 2008
We proceed to the firing range. There We have our smoker's night. It started with the commandants' long speech. Then my group present first in the talent show. We do some skit about a Talent show for COs. We impersonate our COs there. I hope they didn't get mad on our impersonation. The comes Batch Com's group they did some singing. They import me and have me sing with Nina. Well I can say I'm lucky for once even though I know she only jokes about me. Well then next is the class performance where we do the tetada dance. After that we have our COs performed I'd say that their skit is the same to us but much better in quality. I think Lt Roxas deserve a famas award he is very great actor.
22.00h 17 May 2008
We return to our quarters and have some sleep. Well I can't say that I Sleep but it more of a Nap. They gave us only 3 hours of sleep.
01.40 17 May 08
Alarm was sounded for the start of the SEE practicals and POW simulation. We were blind fold and was led to the releasing point from there we must go to the vanguard 3rd floor to get our lower TFUs. At the start we have hard time to enter or go near the bldg because it was heavily sentried. I and my Buddy Amar, was caught once in the stairs and we receive 20 STPs for that. But by 02.30h we reached the 3rd floor and then we head to the NCO's office down in the complex. We used our old route backed to the complex at that time rain pour heavily as we tried to enter the complex. We used some leaf as comouflauge. Inside the NCO, we received our upper TFUs. We used again our old route then out maneuver the sentries when we used the back route or the route near the Magsaysay Road leading to the firing range where the cap is. We were almost caught when we enter the range because one sentry was resting there. We then followed the Magsaysay route as we go to the base of Rappeling tower, the extraction point. On our way we didn't see Capt Hermitanyo hiding on the tree there he caught us but he let us go. We are the 5th to arrive there.
05.00h 18 May 2008
We have a debriefing about the SEE practicals. We analyzed out mistakes and also laugh out the funny moments including our leaf comouflauge.
06.00h 18 May 2008
We were dismissed. I take a bath in the Complex' bathroom because I smell like those in the RSCT and worse because of the mud in my clothes. After that I go to Kalai to deliver Nina's Phone because she left it at the lounge. Then I proceed to the Coop for some breakfast.
07.00h 18 May 2008
My body is down and I have a large bag on my back, I went to mass in the UP Chapel. I fell asleep that's why I miss the sermon somehow. After that I went Home and have a very nice long nap.
16.43h 18 May 2008
I wake up and have myself some lunch. Then I went out to have some fun
22.33h 18 May 2008
I just finished writing this post.
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